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Inside June 2021 Acts & Facts
THURSDAY, JUNE 03, 2021

How do the Everglades illustrate Bible-affirming biology? Why do marine sponges inspire engineers? What can we learn about God’s providence from sea otters and seaweed? How do Permian fossils confirm the global Flood? Discover the answers to these questions and more in the June 2021 issue of Acts & Facts!

Evolution's Divide Is Creation's Opportunity
Missed opportunities and bad timing often seem to go together. Military history has several notable examples of commanders who “seized defeat from the jaws of victory” when they delayed...
BY: RANDY J. GULIUZZA, P.E., M.D.
ICR Ice Core Research Update
In contrast to secular scientists, creation researchers think there was just one Ice Age that was caused by the Genesis Flood.1 Intense volcanism and rapid seafloor spreading during the Flood...
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.
The Fossils Still Say No: Global Flood Solves Permian P.,.
Permian rock layers contain several of the fossil record’s greatest evolutionary enigmas. These rocks are found directly above Carboniferous strata, which I explained in the previous two articles...
BY: JEFFREY P. TOMKINS, PH.D.
Marine Sponges Inspire
The oceans are alive with God’s diverse and amazing creatures. Scripture tells us “God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly,...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
The Everglades: Two Biology Basics the Bible Got Right
Brian Thomas, Ph.D., and Gary Parker, Ed.D.* Imagine a river 50 miles wide and 100 miles long but only inches deep. Its slow flow is hidden under tall swamp grasses punctuated by small, rounded...
BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS
Does Radioisotope Dating Prove an Old Earth?
Tim Clarey, Ph.D., and Vernon R. Cupps, Ph.D.* When most people think about radioisotope dating, they think of carbon-14 (C-14), or radiocarbon dating.1 However, C-14, a radioactive...
BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS
What It Takes to Make a Cell: A Review of The Stairway .,.
Rare is the science book that can hold even an average reader’s attention. But The Stairway to Life does just that. Coauthored by biochemist Laura Tan and biomedical engineer Rob Stadler, it carries...
BY: BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D.
Even Seaweed Is Proof of God's Providence
Tidewater-tossed seaweeds display God’s providence.1,2 Hidden in plain view, tidewater seaweeds are spectacular exhibits of Christ’s caring bioengineering. Seaweeds even serve...
BY: JAMES J. S. JOHNSON, J.D., TH.D.
The Legacy and Faith of a Godly Father
Good fathers serve an essential role in the family, and it’s surely fitting that we express our love and gratitude on Father’s Day. After all, the fifth of God’s Ten Commandments begins...
BY: HENRY M. MORRIS IV
Creation Kids: Coral Reef
by Christy Hardy and Susan Windsor* You’re never too young to be a creation scientist! Kids, discover fun facts about God’s creation with ICR’s special Creation Kids learning and...
BY:  VARIOUS AUTHORS

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Fossil Crocodile Shows Clever Design
Some discoveries stand out, not because they change the story of evolution, but because they show clear design from the start. That is what happened...
BY: JONATHAN K. CORRADO, PH.D., P. E.
A New and Fascinating Arthropod Fossil
Scientists have discovered that virtually all fossils found in the Cambrian sediments of the geologic column appear suddenly and are exceptionally preserved....
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
The Oldest Known Jellyfish
Paleontologists continue to identify creatures that inhabited the waters of the “ancient” Cambrian ocean to be just like what we find in...
BY: FRANK SHERWIN, D.SC. (HON.)
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APOLOGETICS
What is True and False?
by Patrick C . Marks, D. Min., and Brian Thomas, Ph.D.* In the first article of this series, we explained that truth—that which matches reality—is...
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ACTS & FACTS
The Cambrian Layer: Explosion or Burial?
The lowest sedimentary layer, rich in hard-shelled fossils, is known as the Cambrian record. Beneath it is the Precambrian, which contains far fewer...
BY: GABRIELA HAYNES, PH.D.

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BY: JOEL BROWN, PH.D.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
New Novel: The Third Heaven
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ACTS & FACTS
Did Sauropod Dinosaurs Live for Centuries?
Humans living before Noah’s Flood routinely had 900-year lifespans (Genesis 5). The Bible gives no hint that this longevity was in any way miraculous....
BY: JAKE HEBERT, PH.D.